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Friday, December 8, 2017

2017 Gujarat Assembly Elections - Phase I For 89 Constituencies Goes To Poll Today Saturday Dec 09,2017



Around 2.21 crore voters across 89 constituencies will decide among 977 candidates as Gujarat holds the first phase of crucial Assembly elections on Saturday Dec 09,2017



Prominent names in the fray include Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who is contesting from Rajkot (West), Congress' Shaktisinh Gohil (Mandvi) and Paresh Dhanani (Amreli)


The 89 constituencies are spread out in the 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and southern regions.








— A total of 977 candidates are in the fray from Kutch, Morbi, Jamnagar, Surendranagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Rajkot, Botad, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Gir Somnath, Bhavnagar, Bharuch, Narmada, Surat, Tapi, Navsari, Dang and Valsad districts.

— Of the 89 seats, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds 67 and the Congress 16. One seat each is held by the NCP and JD-U while Independents hold the remaining two.

— The most striking battle on Saturday will be in Rajkot West, presently held by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. He is being challenged by Congress candidate Indraneel Rajyaguru, the outgoing MLA from Rajkot East and the richest candidate in fray.

— Another outgoing Congress MLA, Paresh Dhanani, from Amreli is challenged by a former Congress leader and now BJP MLA -- in Lathi constituency.

— The Saurashtra region will see some more high profile battles involving cabinet minister Babubhai Bokhiria, Arjun Modhwadia of Congress and former Finance and Power Minister Saurabh Patel.
 —There are a total of 24,689 polling booths. Of the 2,12,31,652 voters, 1,11,05,933 are males and 1,01,25,472 females, while 247 are from the third gender.

— There are eight seats with more than 16 candidates. The maximum of 27 are in Jamnagar Rural seat. There are just three candidates each in Jhagadia and Ganadevi constituencies, both Scheduled Tribe seats. Wherever there are more than 16 candidates, two ballot units will be put up.

— In the run-up to the first phase of elections, PM Narendra Modi addressed 14 rallies while Rahul Gandhi campaigned in these districts for seven days, visiting temples at Somnath, Chotila and Dwarka

10 facts you must know about the first phase of voting in Gujarat

- Voting is being held in 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions.

- 977 candidates are in the fray in this phase with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who is contesting from Rajkot (West), Congress' Shaktisinh Gohil (Mandvi) and Paresh Dhanani (Amreli) being the prominent candidates.

- 2.12 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise today.

- For the first time, the Election Commission is deploying the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in all the 50,128 polling stations in the state to "inject greater transparency and credibility" to the voting process. In this phase, VVPAT machines have been deployed at over 24,600 polling booths.

- The sequence of candidates' names is in alphabetical order, first for the national and state recognised parties, followed by other state registered parties, and then by independents.

- Over 1,74,000 police personnel have been deployed with security apparatus on highest alert to ensure smooth conduct of the voting process today. The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and State Armed Police (SAP) drawn from other states have also been deployed to supplement the local police force.

- Narendra Modi has addressed about 15 rallies, while Rahul Gandhi has spent more than seven days in Saurashtra and south Gujarat, addressing a number of meetings. BJP president Amit Shah, the chief poll strategist of the party, also addressed a number of rallies.

- Amid Congress allegations, the BJP released its poll manifesto on Friday, a day before the first phase of polling in Gujarat. It came out with a slew of promises for various sections of society, which included a resolve to "double" farmers' income.

- Voting for the second phase comprising 93 seats in north and central Gujarat will take place on December 14 and counting of votes will be done December 18,2017

- The EC is using 81,860 Ballot Units, 66,358 Control Units and 71,564 VVPATs, including the surplus units, in the Gujarat polls.


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